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Pros
levels out the talent of the league
takes care of GM-less Teams
the Drafts are are only good for the top 10 Spots (if not the top 5)
a more competitive league
possible opens up the trade market?
Cons
I can see Free Agents price tag going way up..(make a cap for the amount we can sign players?)
we would have to move a few teams to the NL.
losing the Names "Yankees" "Giants" and "Reds"
will this really fix the problem?
realignment?

"Some people live an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference in the world, Marines don't have that problem." ~ President Ronald Regan

I think the pros outweigh the cons here.
A contraction draft by record seems best

a problem I can see is how many rounds do we do? we would have to have a firm time limit. in the past with a lot of leagues a draft can hold things up.. you would have to draft before players are eligible to file FA, but what happens if you draft a player a you only have one sim to extend him... what happens if he doesn't sign... is this the risk you take? I'm sure some one will get their Butt hurt over this? .. would it be fair if added one year to the players contract?

"Some people live an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference in the world, Marines don't have that problem." ~ President Ronald Regan

a problem I can see is how many rounds do we do? we would have to have a firm time limit. in the past with a lot of leagues a draft can hold things up.. you would have to draft before players are eligible to file FA, but what happens if you draft a player a you only have one sim to extend him... what happens if he doesn't sign... is this the risk you take? I'm sure some one will get their Butt hurt over this? .. would it be fair if added one year to the players contract?

I think adding a year to the contract in that situation is fair.

If we have 4 teams, we could have 4 rounds. That's 80 picks, averaging 20 players from each team drafted.

or we could do 60 picks, averaging 15 from each team. Each team getting 3 players.

I like the idea of a contraction draft. At least for one round, at least.

yeah one or two rounds would do it..

Originally Posted by metsrock229

I think adding a year to the contract in that situation is fair.

If we have 4 teams, we could have 4 rounds. That's 80 picks, averaging 20 players from each team drafted.

or we could do 60 picks, averaging 15 from each team. Each team getting 3 players.

or we could just do it after players file for FA.. looking at a few teams not sure its worth the hassle to give each player one more year, plus this would help FA pool a little, I mean we do go in a few teams and extend key players every year for GM-less teams

"Some people live an entire lifetime wondering if they've made a difference in the world, Marines don't have that problem." ~ President Ronald Regan

If that's the case then why have we had 4-6 open teams the entire time the league has existed?

This. I mean IDEALLY we would be looking at expansion rather than contraction right? I mean we should be looking into the Rockies and Marlins at this point.

Unfortunately though that isn't going to happen.

I would rather have 20 competitive teams. Hell I would rather have 12 teams in the league than have 4-8 GMless teams. Sucks to lose these teams, but its no fun seeing a team win 40 games year in year out either.